Example sentences of "two [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tentacle scale is pointed and spine-like ; l on a few specimens there are two tentacle scales on the first arm segment . |
| 2 | He found the two armoured personnel carriers that had made the four-track trails , four Jeeps , five cross-country motor bikes and two army trucks in the first hangar . |
| 3 | Confidence in this traditional system of government was enhanced by its absorption of democratic reform in the nineteenth century and by its survival through two world wars in the first half of the twentieth . |
| 4 | It was fitting , in an ironic sort of way , that the 100th final , in 1991 , was contested by two League sides for the first time but neither Southend nor Leyton Orient fielded their best team . |
| 5 | Full back Andy Craggs scored 15 points , starting with two wellstruck penalties in the first eight minutes . |